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14-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Tennis star Novak Djokovic is facing deportation after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second time. The Australian government cancelled his visa on Friday, saying the world’s top-ranked men’s tennis player, unvaccinated for COVID-19, may pose a risk to …

14-01-2022 LONDON: Britain’s domestic spy service MI5 has warned lawmakers that the Chinese Communist Party has been employing a woman to exert improper influence over members of parliament. MI5 sent out an alert and picture of the woman named Christine Lee on Thursday alleging she was “involved in political interference …

14-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: Australia’s notorious Park Hotel made headlines last week after tennis star Novak Djokovic was sent there when his visa was revoked. The incident shone a light on the plight of more than 30 refugees held there, some of them for …

14-01-2022 PARIS: Iran has sent back to prison from house arrest French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, her Paris-based support group said Wednesday, a shock development in the midst of hugely delicate talks on the Iranian nuclear drive. Adelkhah was sentenced in May 2020 to five years in prison for conspiring against …

14-01-2022 SEOUL/ PYONGYANG: On the day that North Korea test fired its first missile of the year, South Korean President Moon Jae-in was in the border town of Goseong to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a rail line that he hopes will one day reconnect the divided Korean peninsula. Expressing …

13-01-2022 NAGALAND/ NEW DELHI: Hundreds of people have walked 70km (43 miles) in India’s northeast to demand the repeal of a controversial act that grants special powers to Indian troops, following a deadly incident last month when soldiers killed over a dozen civilians. They began their protest in Dimapur, a …

13-01-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic on Wednesday admitted “errors” in his travel papers and to meeting a journalist after a claimed coronavirus infection, as he battled to stay in Australia and fight for a record 21st Grand Slam title. The men’s world number one made …

13-01-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court has issued notice to a northern Himalayan state following a petition that sought to prosecute several Hindu religious leaders for allegedly calling for a “genocide” of Muslims at a closed-door meeting last month. Three Supreme Court judges on Wednesday said they were …

13-01-2022 VIRGINIA: Prince Andrew is to face a civil case in the US over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17. Virginia Ms Giuffre is suing the prince, claiming he abused her in 2001. His lawyers said the case should be thrown out, citing a 2009 deal …

13-01-2022 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Geo News) LONDON/ MULTAN/ KARACHI: A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has made former Pakistani Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son Syed Ali Haider Gilani its “Ambassador For Peace” as he was abducted by the Al-Qaeda and remained in harsh captivity for three years. The Universal …